Council tax rebel’s fury at freedom

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Council tax rebel Josephine Rooney was furious after being freed less than 24 hours into a three-month prison sentence today when a well-meaning benefactor cleared the £800 bill she had withheld.

Arriving back home in the blighted Derby street which, in recent years has gone from being a desirable address to earning the nickname Smack Alley, she fumed: “The person who did this has no respect for my campaign - I am very angry about it.”

The 69-year-old, who was presented with a government award for her community work earlier this month, had refused to hand over the £798.97 to the